Thomas Hunter (Rosenwald) School

Historical marker location:

Mathews, Virginia

( Marker is on Church Street (Virginia Route 611) just south of Put-In-Creek Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2018

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.